Windy

It's like a mini storm out today.....super windy. I was up last night listening to my windows rattle, the roof making strange sounds and the lights flickering while the wind was ripping through the yard. When I woke up a tree had fallen not too far from the house. To me that's kind of scary. I was spooked but Chhaya just slept through it.
So.....I watched some of the Olympics last night. I am so impressed by the people that compete solo. I am a rather lazy person so to comprehend how driven they are, all the time and effort they sacrificed to perfect their chosen sport. WOW! I love the figure skaters.
The Russian guy had such a gorgeous and theatrical performance and then the Japanese guy came out and was amazing, it was beautiful. I love watching that kind of sport, I am not into burly team sports like football and hockey. I like playing football (soccer) but I don't care for watching it.
So I have read and heard the reports about that some people arrived in Russia to find less than acceptable hotel accommodations. Like no pillows, is it really true that the regular folks living there had to give up their own used pillows? That is FUNNY if that is true. Just imagine getting presented with somebody's pillow. LOL. Only cold water in the faucet, dirty too, no shower curtains, not clean etc etc. I mean......it's not the Ritz-Carlton New York City, so look at it as an ADVENTURE. Bring out your inner Bear Grylls camping skills and go with it. When I camp or go to some dusty little town for work and stay in some makeshift trailer with bugs all over or a rundown motel room I grit and bear it. Like when I stayed at a motel in Denver and found a glass pipe (not for weed) in the bathroom and a used condom under the bed, interesting indeed! If I had the privilege to go to Russia on a paid mission as a reporter, I would be happy and grateful. Cold and dirty water and no pillow.....it is what it is and it's only temporary. After your stay in Sochi you can return to the comforts of your own home.
That's how to look at it.
So, let's touch on the LGBT issue and Russia real quick. I am rather open minded and I absolutely believe in human rights. That includes the acceptance of homosexuality.
Nobody chooses to be born "different" and possibly shunned or even murdered by society for it. I went to a gay club when I was 16 and that was the first time I was fully exposed to that "lifestyle" and to me it is totally normal, just as normal as being heterosexual. One of my best friends is gay. It makes me sad when people are hateful only because they are narrow minded and basically backwards thinking.
I think many of the former Easter Bloc countries are stuck in an old and narrow minded way of thinking. Also many countries (most countries actually) in Africa where you can actually be punished with execution for being gay. That is just insane. To mention some other wide spread backwards thinking in some African countries, the practice of having sex with a virgin to cure yourself from AIDS. I think it's safe to say that it's mostly HIV infected men that prey on young girls that are virgins. Or when Romania slaughtered all those stray dogs a while ago because some boy got bitten by a stray dog. When I say slaughtered I mean that, not "humanely" euthanized more like brutally butchered. That is a great example of backwards thinking in a former Eastern Bloc country. Sure, plenty of highly educated people but many of them are not evolved in issues like human rights and animal rights. But there are plenty of hillbillies like that in the US also.
I know about the ban on gay propaganda in Russia but like some well spoken man said during an interview I watched last night, an estimated 85% of Russians are homophobic and that can present itself in very negative ways, like accepted violence. Or worse. How scary it must be to live as a homosexual in a place like that.
But now I am going to finish this up and go to the gym. I haven't been there in a long time and I have been waking up feeling so heavy and sluggish in my body, so sweating at the gym will be good for me. Besides I saw a guy out running in this wind storm we have here earlier. If he can be out running, I can make it to the gym, that guy inspired me. Thank You random guy out running!
One more thing......Big Bang Theory. Sheldon and Amy kissed. Nooooooo!!!!! I am JEALOUS!
I want to be Sheldon's girlfriend!!! 😥